Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Humpback Unicornfish
Naso brachycentron
Humpback Unicornfish
Category: Unicornfishes
Scientific Name: Naso brachycentron
Size: Up to 35 in. (90 cm)  
Depth: 20-120 ft. (6-37 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Palau, Micronesia, Great Barrier Reef, Fiji, French Polynesia, Solomon Islands
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Acanthuriformes (Order)
     └Acanthuridae (Family) Surgeonfishes
      └Naso (Genus) Unicornfishes
       └N. brachycentron (Species)
WoRMS ID: 219664🔗
iNaturalist ID: 153281🔗

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